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The ten Windows PCs outside the SASC office have had their monitors upgraded from 17” CRTs to 19” Widescreen LCDs.

I also attended the ILA conference. As is often the case many of the most interesting moments occurred in conversations with colleagues during the breaks and meals.

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LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

October 26, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

Present: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca.

Andi spoke on the HEDS Research Practices Survey explaining the background and how we can and do use in connection with Paideia. Reviewed the survey for fall 2008 and spring 2009. She will be doing further meetings and bringing information back to the group.

Chris gave a follow-up on Scottie Cochrane’s visit. Has posted some information online. In connection with this, staffing plans were discussed.

The Technology Help Desk has become aware of a Phishing attempt purporting to be from LIS. A copy of the message is shown below. This is a phishing scam and is not from LIS. Please do not respond.

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If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Help Desk at 387-1000.

Headline of the Week: LIS & H1N1

While H1N1 is not a new topic locally or nationally, the spread of the virus continues to pose a significant threat not only to health but to operations at colleges like Luther. Library and Information Services prepared an initial response plan for pandemic situations three years ago, and continues to revise and refine them as we head deeper into the current flu season. Just this week, many Luther supervisors met with County Health Department Administrator Krista Vande Brink to discuss preparations and procedures.

In the upcoming weeks, LIS will be deploying the GoPrint Print Management Client to all faculty/staff Windows based workstations across campus via the KACE KBOX. This process is done remotely and runs in the background. A user will not notice an interruption and no interaction is required on their part. Once deployed to a user’s machine, the GoPrint icon will appear in their system tray. The application will lay dormant until LIS enables GoPrint on their department’s respective printers. LIS will contact all departments before enabling GoPrint.

There is a correction to a previous blog posting, regarding content in Naxos Music Library. Naxos will not be adding the catalog of Smithsonian Folkways recordings to its online service. The previous posting (10/22) has been removed.

Information regarding sustainability, from LIS’ perspective and including LIS recommendations, has been pulled together into one document located at http://lis.luther.edu/sustainability.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, Serials Solutions will be performing routine maintenance on their servers from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This may result in some downtime for the Full Text E-Journals link on the Library Research page. During this time, an alternative will be to search Encore for the title you seek, looking for results with “[Electronic Resource]” in their titles.